Musashino Academia Musicae
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, located in Tokyo
, Japan
, is a music conservatory founded in 1929. It is considered to be one of the most prestigious music conservatories in Japan. The founder, Naoaki Fukui and his assistant teachers had established one of the several highly advanced academic music schools in Nerima, Tokyo
.
After World War II
, the music school had its structural growth, changing into the Musashino College of Music .
Now its educational sites are in Nerima, in Iruma city (Saitama
), and in Tama
city (Tokyo).
As a private music school, we find long careers of music educations in Japan, the graduates are acting leading roles of music scene.
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, is a music conservatory founded in 1929. It is considered to be one of the most prestigious music conservatories in Japan. The founder, Naoaki Fukui and his assistant teachers had established one of the several highly advanced academic music schools in Nerima, Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
.
After World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, the music school had its structural growth, changing into the Musashino College of Music .
Now its educational sites are in Nerima, in Iruma city (Saitama
Saitama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Saitama.This prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, and most of Saitama's cities can be described as suburbs of Tokyo, to which a large amount of residents commute each day.- History...
), and in Tama
Tama, Tokyo
is a municipality classified as a city, located in Tokyo, Japan.Its southern half forms part of the Tama New Town project, Japan's largest residential development, constructed in the 1970s....
city (Tokyo).
As a private music school, we find long careers of music educations in Japan, the graduates are acting leading roles of music scene.
Concert Halls
Musashino Academia Musicae owns four music halls:- Beethoven Hall
- Bach Saal
- Mozart Hall
- Schubert Hall
Notable faculty
- Elena Ashkenazy (piano)
- Kálmán BerkesKálmán BerkesKálmán Berkes is a Hungarian clarinetist.Berkes was born in Budapest on May 8, 1952. He graduated from the Budapest Liszt Music Academy in 1972. He won second place at the Geneva International Music Competition in 1974, and his Opera Wind Quintet was a prize-winner in Munich in 1975...
(clarinet) - Roger BoboRoger BoboRoger Bobo b. 1938 is a renowned and critically acclaimed American tuba virtuoso and internationally respected brass pedagogue. He retired from active tuba performance in 2001 in order to devote his time to conducting and teaching. He gave what is reputed to be the first solo tuba recital in the...
(tuba) - Ronald CavayeRonald CavayeRonald Cavaye is a British pianist, born in England and a resident of the United Kingdom. He is a classical pianist and writer.-Biography:Ronald Cavaye was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, UK. He began to play the piano at the age of 11 and entered the music department of Winchester School of Art at...
(piano) - Clemens Doll (cello)
- Grigory Feigin (violin)
- Konstantin Ganev (piano)
- Julia Ganeva (piano)
- Kurt Guntner Nagy (viola)
- Valeria SzervánszkyValeria SzervánszkyValeria Szervánszky . Hungarian pianist, born in Budapest and now a resident of the United Kingdom. She is a classical pianist.-Biography:...
(piano) - Zsolt Tibay (double bass)
- Janos Cegledy (piano)
Graduates
- Toshiro Ohmi: Japanese popular singer, TV star
- Mieko Sato: Winner of the 11th International Tchaikovsky CompetitionInternational Tchaikovsky CompetitionThe International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow, Russia for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 30 years of age, and singers between 19 and 32 years of age...